Windows Server 2008 R2 is the most advanced Windows Server operating system yet, designed to power the next-generation of networks, applications, and Web services. It lets you:

• Develop user experiences and applications
• Provide a highly secure network
• Increase technological efficiency
• Add value within your organisation

Building on the success and strengths of its predecessors, it also delivers powerful improvements. New web tools, security enhancements and management features help save time, reduce costs and provide a solid foundation for your IT infrastructure.

A Solid Foundation To Help You Grow

Windows Server 2008 R2 will satisfy your server workload and application requirements. Two of its key features are:

• Server Manager: providing a unified management console that simplifies server setup, configuration and ongoing management.
• Windows Powershell: a new command-line shell, helping administrators to automate tasks across multiple servers.

Fewer rolls and features means minimising disk and service footprints while reducing attack options. It also enables your IT staff to specialise according to the server roles they need to support.

Built for the Web

Windows Server 2008 R2 comes with Internet Information Services 7.5 (IIS 7.5), an updated Web server role that is a secure, easy to manage platform for Web hosting applications and services providing greater support for .NET on Server Core. Improvements to IIS and the Windows Web platform are included in the Windows Server 2008 R2 include:

• Reduced effort to administer and support web-based applications.
• Reduced support and troubleshooting effort.
• Improved file-transfer services.
• Ability to extend functionality and features.
• Improved .NET support

Internet Information Server IIS 7.5 together with the .NET Framework 3.0 paves the way for your people to:

• Connect users and data.
• Visualise, share and act on information.
• IIS 7.5 plays a central role in unifying Microsoft's Web platform technologies -- ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation Web services, and Windows SharePoint Services.

Scalability and Reliability

Windows Server 2008 R2 is capable of unprecedented workload size, dynamic scalability, and across-the-board availability and reliability. A host of new and updated features will be available, including leveraging sophisticated CPU architectures, increased operating system componentisation, and improved performance and scalability for applications and services.

• Leveraging sophisticated CPU architectures - Windows Server 2008 R2 now supports up to 256 logical processor cores for a single operating system instance. Hyper-V virtual machines are able to address up to 64 logical processors in the host processor pool.
• Increased operating system componentisation - Windows Server 2008 R2 server roles provides additional support for more roles and a broadening of current role support, like the addition of ASP.NET within IIS 7.5.
• Improved performance and scalability for applications and services. Provides higher performance for Windows Server 2008 R2 running on the same system resources as previous versions of Windows Server. Supports increased scaling capabilities that allow you to support greater workloads than ever before.

Maximum Security

Windows Server 2008 R2 is the most secure Windows Server yet. The operating system has been toughened up to help protect against failure and prevent unauthorized connections to your networks, servers, data and user accounts. Network Access Protection (NAP) helps ensure that computers that try to connect to your network comply with your organisation's security policy. Technology integration and several enhancements make Active Directory services a potent unified and integrated Identity and Access (IDA) solution. And Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) and BitLocker Drive Encryption allow you to more securely deploy your AD database at branch office locations.

Current Version

• Windows Server 2008 R2

Operating System Editions

• Web Edition
• Standard Edition
• Datacentre Edition
• Enterprise Edition

Control Panels

• Plesk (Windows Server 2008 Datacentre Edition Only)

Add-Ons

• SQL Server 2005 Standard 64bit
• SQL Server 2008 Enterprise
• SQL Server 2008 Web Edition
• SQL Server 2008 Workgroup Edition
• SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition